Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
The report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of the state of UPA in the study cities and a basis for future research endeavors. The randomized sam...
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| author | Bellwood-Howard, I. Haring, V. Karg, Hanna Roessler, R. Schlesinger, J. Shakya, M. |
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| description | The report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of the state of UPA in the study cities and a basis for future research endeavors. The randomized sampling approach used aerial photography to identify 10 sites in different categories of farm in each city. Farmers provided information on their cropping and livestock-rearing activities. There were similarities between the cities, but the differences in the expression of UPA in Tamale and Ouagadougou were more intriguing, as in farm sizes, crops grown and livestock ownership. Farmers were particularly concerned about diminishing access to land in Tamale, where sales by chiefs to private investors were accelerating. In Ouagadougou, formal reallocation of land to homeowners by the state had similarly decreased available farmland. Water availability was a universal concern, and the quality of water used for irrigation was potentially more questionable in Ouagadougou than in Tamale. The results point to the need for further work on uncontaminated, perennial water sources and soil fertility management, alongside focuses on commercialization of animal production, and the legal, political and institutional context of UPA in different West African cities. |
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| spelling | CGSpace684842025-11-07T09:05:35Z Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) Bellwood-Howard, I. Haring, V. Karg, Hanna Roessler, R. Schlesinger, J. Shakya, M. urban agriculture peri-urban agriculture farming systems farmers seasonal cropping cultivation soil sampling soil fertility households livestock landownership water availability wastewater irrigation market prices leaf vegetables inorganic fertilizers organic fertilizers villages surveys The report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of the state of UPA in the study cities and a basis for future research endeavors. The randomized sampling approach used aerial photography to identify 10 sites in different categories of farm in each city. Farmers provided information on their cropping and livestock-rearing activities. There were similarities between the cities, but the differences in the expression of UPA in Tamale and Ouagadougou were more intriguing, as in farm sizes, crops grown and livestock ownership. Farmers were particularly concerned about diminishing access to land in Tamale, where sales by chiefs to private investors were accelerating. In Ouagadougou, formal reallocation of land to homeowners by the state had similarly decreased available farmland. Water availability was a universal concern, and the quality of water used for irrigation was potentially more questionable in Ouagadougou than in Tamale. The results point to the need for further work on uncontaminated, perennial water sources and soil fertility management, alongside focuses on commercialization of animal production, and the legal, political and institutional context of UPA in different West African cities. 2015 2015-10-13T06:09:00Z 2015-10-13T06:09:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68484 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Bellwood-Howard, I.; Haring, V.; Karg, Hanna; Roessler, R.; Schlesinger, J.; Shakya, M. 2015. Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 38p. (IWMI Working Paper 163) doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.214 |
| spellingShingle | urban agriculture peri-urban agriculture farming systems farmers seasonal cropping cultivation soil sampling soil fertility households livestock landownership water availability wastewater irrigation market prices leaf vegetables inorganic fertilizers organic fertilizers villages surveys Bellwood-Howard, I. Haring, V. Karg, Hanna Roessler, R. Schlesinger, J. Shakya, M. Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) |
| title | Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) |
| title_full | Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) |
| title_short | Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) |
| title_sort | characteristics of urban and peri urban agriculture in west africa results of an exploratory survey conducted in tamale ghana and ouagadougou burkina faso |
| topic | urban agriculture peri-urban agriculture farming systems farmers seasonal cropping cultivation soil sampling soil fertility households livestock landownership water availability wastewater irrigation market prices leaf vegetables inorganic fertilizers organic fertilizers villages surveys |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68484 |
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